Policy and Strategy Committee

Tuesday 31 January 2006 at 10.30 am

Present:  Provost Rebecchi, Councillors Blair, Forbes, Fyfe, Gallacher, Hill, Hunter, McCabe, McCormick (M), McCormick (P), Mitchell, Moran, Roach, Robertson, Snoddy, Stewart, Tucker and White.

Chair:  Councillor Blair presided.

In attendance:  Interim Chief Executive, Mr Ken Dalgleish and Mr Richard Blackburn.

Apologies:  Councillors McKenzie and Nimmo.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Position of Chief Executive - Formal Interviews and Selection

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The Committee adjourned at 1.30 pm and reconvened at 2.00 pm.

The Committee interviewed two candidates for the post of Chief Executive and following a vote decided to appoint one of the candidates to the post, all as detailed in the Appendix.